The
Sport of Reading
I
am just back from a few hours filled with amazement and admiration. The amazement was for the teams of
children (intermediate age) from all over New Zealand who made it to the
national finals of the Kids’ Lit Quiz held this afternoon at the National
Library of New Zealand and who between them had an absolute fund of knowledge
about current, older and some very old children’s books. The admiration was for
their quiz master, Wayne Mills, who is the master mind behind the quiz and who
year after year in the heats throughout the country and at the finals always
manages to come up with a programme of questions that are fresh, intelligent
and full of possible traps for the unwary.
The
winners are:
The
team from Takapuna Normal Intermediate, Auckland with St Josephs Catholic
School, Nelson and Marsden School, Wellington very close behind.
See
also the entry for April 5th on this blog. Search under Kids Lit Quiz.
The
winners and their coach with their trophies and awards.
No
wonder they are all smiling – they have just heard that in less than 3 weeks
they will be on a plane bound for South Africa to take part in the World Finals.
Photo: Barbara Murison
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